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While the hunt is on for more environmentally friendly treatments for icy roads, salt still reigns supreme because of its low cost and effectiveness. Now, however, a small but growing number of Massachusetts communities are rediscovering an age-old solution: brine.

Here is a look at how the brine solution is made, and how if makes it onto the roads in some communities, like Scituate, pictured here.